Edo North Senator, Adams Oshiomhole, says the taciturnity of Edo State Governor-Elect, Monday Okpebholo, worked for him during the September 21, 2024 governorship election in the South-South state.....KINDLY READ THE FULL STORY HERE▶
Oshiomhole said television interviews are exaggerated and that the All Progressives Congress (APC) cannot compel its candidate (Okpebholo) to grant media chats.
“As you can see, our strategy worked which is why the people voted. Monday communicated with Edo electorate and they decided and it worked,” he said on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Monday.
He was responding to concerns about the non-media appearances of Okpebholo unlike the two other frontline candidates in the election – Asue Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party’s Olumide Akpata.
When the host of the show, Seun Okinbaloye, asked Oshiomhole why the governor-elect didn’t grant media interviews or participate in debates before the election, the lawmaker said, “You are saying I was the face of the campaign, whatever that means, thank you. But what makes me the face? Maybe because I was speaking to the quality of Monday.
“I spoke about the quality of Monday and we got him to speak to the people about what he will do differently. He has to justify those who are voting for him. How will he be different from this rejected government? He has to speak to them and that is communication.
“But the mistake many TV hosts make is to assume that anyone who doesn’t appear before you, you exaggerate the import of television viewers.
“It’s not about not allowing him (to grant interviews); we are not in a position to compel anybody.”
Oshiomhole said the most potent means of communication is not television and that radio has more reach than television.